"Nagisa is in charge, Nagisa is in charge, please stay! Dare to ask Lord Lang, Lord Lang, when will he return home? ”

After the end of class, Li Zhusheng picked up the book and walked out, and saw a middle-aged Zhuang man who was dragging his limp at the courtyard gate, and immediately turned around and was about to slip away from the side door, but the Zhuang man caught a glimpse of his back, waved his hand and shouted loudly.

When Li Zhusheng heard this shout, he could only stop and turn around and walk towards the villager, and said helplessly: "Wang Hu'er, you have asked five times today, Lord Lang went to the University to read, and he did not say the return date, when he can return, how do I know?" ”

The lame Zhuang Wang Hu'er said with a smile: "The servant is also worried that the lord of Lang is keeping warm outside, the winter snow has already fallen, and the weather is cold outside, how can it compare to the bright house in our village, food and clothing are warm!" They have all returned, but the lord of Lang has not heard from him, isn't Zhu Sheng worried? ”

"Master Lang is young and old, where to go and what to do have his own plan, you wait to do your own things and live your own life......"

Before Li Zhusheng finished speaking, the villager's Wang Hu'er smiled bitterly: "It's because the lord of Lang is not in the village, and his life will not be peaceful!" Everyone remembers the promise of the lord of the village earlier, and now the year is over, and they are all working hard, so that there is still someone in the house to warm the bed......"

Li Zhusheng glanced at Wang Hu'er, and then at a few villagers who were shrinking in the corner of the wall, also looking forward to it, and felt a headache for a while, knocking on the door of Wang Hu'er's head and sighing: "You slaves, after a few days of keeping warm, just look forward to adding a few mouths to the house?" ”

Wang Hu'er rubbed the sore skull that was knocked by the teaching rod, and still smiled: "Where is the fight for food, Lord Lang has a skill in governing the family, which hard-working person in the village is afraid that he will not be able to support a few people?" Besides, those clever ladies in the weaving workshop, the work is more lucrative than that of the idiot, and the men and women are hard-working, and they are afraid that they will not have a solid family background? ”

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted in the distance: "Lord Lang is back!" ”

Hearing this shout, figures from all over the manor jumped out and rushed towards the gate of the manor.

Li Tai, who had just ridden into the village, saw the villagers flocking to greet him, and he was very relieved for a while, although he had been together for less than a year, but everyone's support for him was very hot and turbulent!

He waved his hand to greet the villagers, and said considerately: "In the cold weather, everyone should stay warm and don't have to queue up to greet them!" ”

Despite his repeated persuasions, the crowd was still unstoppable, and they gathered together to send Li Tai all the way to the lobby in the center of the manor, still lingering and refusing to disperse.

"I've only been away from home for more than a month, and the villagers miss it so much."

Li Taixing entered the hall, took off the big hat to protect him from the cold, leaned next to the stove, looked at the hall that was still crowded, and couldn't help but say to Li Zhusheng with emotion.

Li Zhusheng's expression was a little strange when he heard this, and he stepped forward and whispered the reason why everyone was so enthusiastic.

After Li Tai listened, he realized that he was wrong, where did these villagers think about the lord of the Lang, they were just thinking about their daughter-in-law!

"It's really full of warm thoughts, Diao Zhu can't speak, let them hurry up and get out, which one is too late to participate this year!"

Looking at the expectant and thirsty eyes of the people outside the door, Li Tai was indignant, others bought people's hearts, and his subordinates would follow the career loyally, but he only wanted his wife and children to be hot on the kang! By the way, simply don't give them a pankang!

Although the mood was a little depressed, the promised things had to be done, and when the hands and feet were warm, Li Tai asked Li Zhusheng to take the Zhuangshang accounting book for a brief look, and saw that the accounting book recorded that the Zhuang's people were full of household workers, and many of them were full of work for several months, and there were many touches in their hearts.

Aside from his identity as a traverser, he is only a newcomer to this pass, and he can gain a foothold in this township so quickly, in addition to the care from the upper elites, the hard work of these people is also indispensable.

Earlier, when he saw He Batsheng presiding over the wedding of his cronies in Chaoyi, Li Tai had vowed to at least let these followers live a stable life, and now that he had a little spare time, he should naturally fulfill his promise.

"Recently, there will be several batches of materials delivered in Jingzhao County, and Uncle Zhu Sheng arranged for the Zhuang to clean up the warehouse and take over properly. When the bread is full of 5,000 sheets, it will be stopped first, and the less important things will be pressed until the next year. Arrange a few older and stable Zhuang people, ask each other carefully one by one, and start arranging marriage after the winter solstice. ”

After Li Tai flipped through the book, he said to Li Zhusheng again.

Some Hui refused to accept the dividends of more than 2,000 horses of silk, which became Li Tai's biggest surplus at the end of the year, and he was ready to divide another half to pay off the mantissa owed by He Batsheng, and the rest was enough for the family to live a fat year, and all kinds of work in the coming year could also have a better start.

"Organize a construction team of 80 people to build a few courtyards on the eastern slope and dig a few nullahs in the village......"

Although it is approaching the end of the year, Li Tai still has a lot of ideas in his heart, when he entered the village just now, he saw many villagers with cracked hands and faces, especially those children who were frozen with snot bubbles and chilblains, and they planned to engage in a more complete and systematic warmth project in the manor.

"Ah Lang has been doing things in the past six months, and he is much more thoughtful than in previous years, even when Lang was in charge of the family, there was no such sympathetic subordinate as Ah Lang!"

Li Zhusheng recorded everything and couldn't help but say with emotion.

"In the past years, there were few things to do, and after this, I felt that human favor was the most precious. If it weren't for Uncle Nagisa and your unwavering followers, I really don't know how to survive in this Kansai! ”

Li Tai also sighed after hearing this, got up and patted Li Zhusheng on the shoulder and joked again: "I brought back a few buckets of good wine in Chang'an, call a few of them, let's go to Uncle Zhusheng's place tonight to simmer the duck and drink!" ”

When Li Zhusheng heard this, his old face suddenly froze, and he didn't say anything, but turned his head and walked out the door.

On this night, more than a dozen old family members who followed Li Tai all the way from Dongzhou gathered at Li Zhusheng's residence, drinking hot duck soup with wine, while talking about the experience of the past half a year, it was inevitable that they were a little sad, but more of a look forward to the future.

A few days after Li Tai returned to his hometown, Zheng Man, who had not been seen for many days, came to the door again.

"This hot soup is really comfortable, Lang Jun is worthy of the name, such a taste is life!"

Zheng Man was honored to be the first guest of Shangyuan Tang Bath, his whole body was soaked in the bath, his face was red from the heat, and he said with envy on his face while learning from Li Tai to beat his joints with a wooden mallet.

Li Tai soaked in a separate bath on the other side of the screen, but he didn't have a habit of cleanliness, but most of the ancients he saw didn't like to take a bath, and when he heard Zheng Man's emotion, he said with a smile: "Zheng is engaged, no, it should be Zheng County Lieutenant, if you are not satisfied with the current position, I also have a vacant seat for you in the village." It just so happened that the village was getting more and more complicated, and I also needed a shrewd and capable person to help the housekeeper. ”

Zheng Man got cheap and behaved, and after hearing this, he smiled and said: "The position of this county official is called an official, and it is actually a service." In my opinion, it is really not as comfortable as assisting Lang Jun to work in the countryside in summer and autumn! But I don't dare to take the grace lightly, and I can only do it reluctantly! ”

The past half a year can be said to be the most important turning point in Zheng Man's life. If he hadn't met Li Tai, he, a county official with no township or background, would have been able to fall into the trivial chores between the county and township for the rest of his life.

But just to help Li Tai facilitate a loan cooperation with the county government, because he successfully alleviated the predicament of the county honor, he was recommended by the county commander Du Yun, and he became a real official and county lieutenant from a mere official outside the stream.

He said that he was busy with affairs, but how could he not be excited to achieve such a class leap?

Recently, when he entered and exited the county office, he heard many of his original colleagues secretly regretting that they refused to go to the township because they were disgusted with the smoke and dust of the rural road.

"The county knows that I went to the township to meet Lang Jun, and asked me to ask Lang Jun, this year's two benefits, will you be willing to continue to cooperate next year?"

Zheng Man asked Li Tai with a smile while rubbing his teeth and rubbing the dirt accumulated on his body.

Li Tai waved his hand after hearing this, he had too much money to burn, so he would continue to engage in this fundamentally unequal cooperation with the county government!

Before, there was no local foundation, and he could only grit his teeth and be slaughtered by the county government as a fat sheep, but now even if the manor field is insufficient, it is better to borrow from the big households in the township than to cooperate with the county government.

Zheng Man saw Li Tai waving his hand, and he was a little disappointed in his heart. He witnessed with his own eyes how Li Tai quickly amassed township capital and turned stones into gold in the township, and he also understood that there were many advantages to living next to Li Tai.

Although he didn't want to be wronged again, Li Tai also had other things to cooperate with the county, and after a little silence, he said: "Du Xianzun will be dethroned next year?" What are his plans for the future? ”

"The county is from the Jingzhaowang clan, probably hoping to return to his hometown to govern."

Zheng Man replied after hearing this.

"For one term as an official, one side of virtue, and then return to his hometown with honor, and spread the reputation of virtue, this is indeed a great joy in life. But if the county wants to return to the township, I'm afraid it won't go so well, how powerful Jingzhao is! ”

Li Tai first sighed with emotion, and then said: "I have a township business here, if the county can help me succeed, what plan he will make in the coming year, I think he may be able to help." ”

"The county is really lucky, Lang Jun has helped him a lot this year, and there will be a chance to get Lang Jun's help in the coming year!"

After Zheng Man heard this, he didn't ask what was going on, but he already revealed his envy for the county commander Du Yun.

"Not only the county honor, I also want to help the county lieutenant Zheng take another journey."

Li Tai said with a smile again, and when Zheng Man heard this, he was so excited that he jumped up from the bath, patted his skinny chest and promised: "Lang Jun has an order, so don't obey!" ”

"Just be obedient, sit back and talk!"

Li Tai raised his hand to cover his face with the hot and humid bath towel, and he really didn't want to see Zheng Man's two hairy legs dangling in front of him.